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Airborne Ranger

Microprose · Atari · 2022-12-19

SteamGOG

ActionSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: 1987 (Commodore C64/128/MAX), 1989 (Amiga), 1988 (ZX Spectrum), 1988 (DOS), 1988 (Amstrad CPC), 1989 (Atari ST/STE)

This ground-breaking classic introduced a new level of tactical thinking and action combat gameplay to computer gaming. Airborne Ranger takes you on 12 desperate missions across 3 different regions of the world as you are dropped behind enemy lines to perform a variety of dangerous missions

0
playing now
63%
positive of 16 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
$1.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Airborne Ranger is an action game developed and published by MicroProse for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum in 1987 and the Amstrad CPC and IBM PC compatibles in 1988. Ports to the Amiga and Atari ST by Imagitec Design were released in 1989. A sole U.S. Army Ranger is sent to infiltrate the enemy territory to complete various objectives. The game was followed by Special Forces in 1991.

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  • · Top 93% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.49-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-09-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 32 of 58 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.492022-12-192026-08-302022-12-19 — best price $3.992023-06-29 — best price $2.992023-08-28 — best price $7.992023-10-30 — best price $4.992023-11-29 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-01-20 — best price $9.992024-02-29 — best price $9.992024-03-20 — best price $7.992024-04-19 — best price $9.992024-06-06 — best price $7.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-09-06 — best price $9.992024-10-16 — best price $7.992024-11-26 — best price $1.992024-12-20 — best price $1.992025-02-13 — best price $2.992025-03-19 — best price $2.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-05-29 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-11 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $1.492025-10-16 — best price $1.492025-11-05 — best price $9.992025-11-25 — best price $1.492026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-01-21 — best price $9.992026-02-12 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-04-03 — best price $9.992026-05-16 — best price $1.992026-06-15 — best price $9.992026-07-13 — best price $1.492026-08-05 — best price $1.492026-08-29 — best price $1.492026-08-30 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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